We rented for quite a few years, and my husband always said he couldn't wait until we had our own yard, so that he could mow it, and we could plant a garden, etc. Seriously. He said that.
Let me tell you, I don't think he meant it.
Today my nesting moved to the outdoors. I'm not really sure what I was thinking, because my mobility is quite limited. (However, I did plant flower bulbs earlier this week. I put my gardening cushion on the ground and sat on it, and scooted around the bed.) Anyway, there's a lot to be done.
So, I got my helper, Trevan, and we went outside. (He ended up not actually helping...) I started with the blackberries - the old vines needed to be pulled/cut out, and the new vines needed to be lifted off the ground and put on the trellis thingy. I did that, and then decided to have John come outside and pull the weeds around it. (He was working on another project for me inside.)
Well, I thought while we were out there, we might as well do the raspberries too. John wasn't very excited about it, but willingly obliged. Unfortunately his lack of enthusiasm and interest cost me a few raspberry plants.
Then, his lack of enthusiasm and interest cost me a broken terra cotta drip plate thingy. He tossed it on the ground against the terra cotta pot - was he thinking it was plastic? Hmmm...
Then, I noticed that my cilantro grew back from last year. I was so excited! But, clover was crowding it, because we hadn't weeded the garden yet. So, I asked John to weed the clover away from the cilantro too. John started weeding, not really excited about it, and then stopped and said, "How do I tell what I'm supposed to weed and what I'm not?" handing me a clump of clover AND cilantro. He had already pulled up one patch of the cilantro... I wasn't very happy. And, while he was doing that he kept stepping on the strawberry plants... Sigh...
So, I came back inside to continue my nesting indoors...
2 comments:
When I saw your comment about the tree, nesting was the first thing that came to mind :)
I was nesting outside yesterday too! We rent still, but are responsible for the yard work. We've never invested much time or effort into it since we don't own the place, but yesterday, the overgrown pile of sticks/vines/leaves and wild branches from the Holly ( :) ) tree had to go. Ron was great and willing to help and now the pile is gone and it looks great out there. The catch? We both ended up with poison ivy on our arms!!!!!!!! So, looks like we both had our own negative experiences with nesting outside!
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